• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Australia

• Year
• 1955/1956

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 196007

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6AN7 6BH5 6BD7 6M5 6V4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-230; 240-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: International - Radioplayer 161 - Philips Australia

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes

• Philips 161 "International"

  Table-sized radio, has the power to receive broadcasts from anywhere in the word with amazing tonal fidelity. Incorporates many outstanding features: double-tone shading control; 7-inch elliptical speaker; inbuilt aerial; pick-up terminals for record-player. In walnut, burgundy or ivory, with gold trim. (FROM MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)

  See also later versions:
  161A (with ferrite rod aerial)
  161B (I.F. transformer changes)
  161C (volume and tone/on-off switch control changes)

  See also Fleetwood Model 1116

• Price in first year of sale
• 30.45 AUS £

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. XIV

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Nov 1955 & May 1956.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Philips Radioplayer Service Data, July 1955.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook (R.V. Series Vol. 1, 1963, Page P14.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 14, 1956, Page 243.)

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 910 models, 707 with images and 421 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Australia